On May 15, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Knicks and Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals ushered in the battle of Tianwang Mountain. In this game, the Knicks came up and fell into passivity, but they quickly responded, and the inside and outside blossomed and began to overtake the score, and the Pacers were completely unable to respond, and then the point difference further widened. In the end, the Knicks defeated the Pacers 121-91 and led 3-2.
In the first quarter of the game, the Pacers took the lead in the state, continuously attacking the interior to take the initiative, McBride, who started the game, hit a three-pointer, Haliburton responded, Hatten made a dunk, Turner scored three points, Siakam hit two free throws, and the Pacers led 16-9. Hart stopped the bleeding with three points, but the Pacers' offensive momentum was still hot, McConaughey came up to score consecutive points, the Knicks scored consecutive points, Shepard scored three points, Hart counterattacked and scored, and the Knicks overtook the score. Hart hit a three-pointer, McBride continued to score points, Siakam stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer, but Burks immediately responded and the Knicks led 38-32 after the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Knicks' offensive momentum was still hot, DiVincenzo counterattacked and dunked, and then the two teams argued, and Jackson, Harden and Burks all received technical fouls. The Pacers' offense was still poor, Brunson broke through to score points, Siakam scored a basket and bited, Nembhard hit a three-point shot, Brunson also scored a three-pointer, Nembhard scored three points again, and the Pacers successfully stabilized. Brunson was on fire offensively, McBride also scored a three-pointer, and Hart countered with a layup to bring the score to 65-47. Haliburton broke through to stop the bleeding, Toppin hit 2+1, Brunson scored a single, and the Knicks led 69-54 at halftime.
The Knicks rebounded, the Pacers launched a counterattack, and Turner hit three three-pointers in a row to make a 9-0 offensive run. DiVincenzo threw steadily, the Knicks had the absolute upper hand with rebounds, and McBride and Brunson hit three-pointers one after another, and the score came to 80-64. The Pacers were completely passive as Turner clashed with DiVincenzo and both were whistled for technical fouls. The Knicks went on a 17-0 run and stretched the margin to 25 points. Shepard hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, Haliburton scored four straight points, and Burks hit a three-pointer to put the Pacers up 75-96 after the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, the Pacers came up to launch a counterattack, but it was only a short play and could not score consecutive points, the Knicks quickly made adjustments, Burks hit three points one after another, Brunson was still scoring points, the difference was opened again, and the game lost suspense early. In the end, the Knicks defeated the Pacers 121-91 and led 3-2.
In this game, Brunson regained his form, scoring 44 points and 7 assists, directly blowing up the Pacers and plunging the fans into a carnival. The Pacers couldn't respond this time, and the rebounds were stolen, with Harden grabbing 17 rebounds and 12 offensive rebounds. This time, Haliburton only had 13 points and five assists, and Siakam had 22 points and eight rebounds.